The Poet's House

An unforgettable, lighthearted story about a young woman who discovers the insular world of writers, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Year We Left Home. Carla is in her twenties, working for a landscaper, lacking confidence, still unsure what direction her life will take. Viridian is a lauded and lovely ageing poet whose reputation has been defined by her infamous affair with a famous male poet, Mathias, many...
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e sees how even Viridian has had to compromise so much to take her place in the world of letters. And as Viridian''s standing begins to fade, a number of people angle to gain possession of Mathias''s cycle of poems written about Viridian, a cycle he famously burned as he read them. Yet long after Mathias'' s death, one copy may still rest with Viridian. If so, why won''t she release it?

 

A wry meditation on art as both transformative and on the ways in which it can be leveraged as commerce, as well as a perceptive examination of the female artist, Jean Thompson''s novel is at once delightfully funny and wise, and will resonate with readers who loved Lily King''s Writers & Lovers, Meg Wolitzer''s The Female Persuasion, and Susan Choi''s Trust Exercise.

  e sees how even Viridian has had to compromise so much to take her place in the world of letters. And as Viridian''s standing begins to fade, a number of people angle to gain possession of Mathias''s cycle of poems written about Viridian, a cycle he famously burned as he read them. Yet long after Mathias'' s death, one copy may still rest with Viridian. If so, why won''t she release it?

 

A wry meditation on art as both transformative and on the ways in which it can be leveraged as commerce, as well as a perceptive examination of the female artist, Jean Thompson''s novel is at once delightfully funny and wise, and will resonate with readers who loved Lily King''s Writers & Lovers, Meg Wolitzer''s The Female Persuasion, and Susan Choi''s Trust Exercise.

  e sees how even Viridian has had to compromise so much to take her place in the world of letters. And as Viridian''s standing begins to fade, a number of people angle to gain possession of Mathias''s cycle of poems written about Viridian, a cycle he famously burned as he read them. Yet long after Mathias'' s death, one copy may still rest with Viridian. If so, why won''t she release it?

 

A wry meditation on art as both transformative and on the ways in which it can be leveraged as commerce, as well as a perceptive examination of the female artist, Jean Thompson''s novel is at once delightfully funny and wise, and will resonate with readers who loved Lily King''s Writers & Lovers, Meg Wolitzer''s The Female Persuasion, and Susan Choi''s Trust Exercise.

  ople angle to gain possession of Mathias''s cycle of poems written about Viridian, a cycle he famously burned as he read them. Yet long after Mathias'' s death, one copy may still rest with Viridian. If so, why won''t she release it?

 

A wry meditation on art as both transformative and on the ways in which it can be leveraged as commerce, as well as a perceptive examination of the female artist, Jean Thompson''s novel is at once delightfully funny and wise, and will resonate with readers who loved Lily King''s Writers & Lovers, Meg Wolitzer''s The Female Persuasion, and Susan Choi''s Trust Exercise.